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Mind

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the body.

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Broader term 29

Aim 76% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Intellect 76% connected

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher form…

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Intellectual 76% connected

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

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Intelligence 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Intent 76% connected

Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

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Intention 76% connected

A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Manage 76% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Obey 76% connected

To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Observance 76% connected

The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…

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Observation 76% connected

The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

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Opinion 76% connected

That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; sett…

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Persuasion 76% connected

The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines t…

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Purpose 76% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

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Recall 76% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Recollection 76% connected

The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminis…

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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Reminiscence 76% connected

The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

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Sentiment 76% connected

A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition pro…

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Watch 76% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Manner of action 3

Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Tend 76% connected

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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Worry 76% connected

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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Narrower term 7

Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Decision 76% connected

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

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Ego 76% connected

The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed…

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Noddle 76% connected

The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.

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Subconscious 76% connected

Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

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Unconscious 76% connected

Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, a…

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Derivationally related 10

Cerebrate 74% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Cerebrate 74% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Idea 74% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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Idea 74% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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Intellectual 74% connected

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

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Intellectual 74% connected

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

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Listen 74% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

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Listen 74% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

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Attribute 2

Intellectual 66% connected

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

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Intellectual 66% connected

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

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Synonym 12

Beware 92% connected

To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.

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Brain 92% connected

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

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Head 92% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Heed 92% connected

To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

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Idea 92% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intellect 92% connected

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher form…

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Judgement 92% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 92% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Listen 92% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

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Nous 92% connected

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

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Psyche 92% connected

A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

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Thinker 92% connected

One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.

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